What is "trail net"

Trail \Trail\, n.

1. A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.

   They traveled in the bed of the brook, leaving no dangerous trail.
   --Cooper.

   How cheerfully on the false trail they cry!
   --Shak.

2. A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.

3. Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.

   When lightning shoots in glittering trails along.
   --Rowe.

4. Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train. ``A radiant trail of hair.''
   --Pope.

5. Anything drawn along, as a vehicle. [Obs.]

6. A frame for trailing plants; a trellis. [Obs.]

7. The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.

   The woodcock is a favorite with epicures, and served with its trail in, is a delicious dish.
   --Baird.

8. (Mil.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.

9. The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition. [Prov. Eng.]

   Trail boards (Shipbuilding), the carved boards on both sides of the cutwater near the figurehead.

   Trail net, a net that is trailed or drawn behind a boat.
   --Wright.